Centre Pompidou: The Odyssey
The thirtieth birthday of the Centre Pompidou will be an opportunity to evoke its history with a certain detachment, after the times of doubts or controversy. Nowadays, we could not imagine Paris without the Centre Pompidou, as a cultural institution and as a monument of contemporary architecture.
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)DocumentaryGenre en anglaisArt & cultureDirected by Alain FleischerSupported by ANGOA, CNC, Ministère des Affaires Etrangers, ProcirepDistributed by ADAV, Artline FilmsYear2006Duration70min
« Centre Pompidou: the odyssey » will be not only a document on the Centre, its history, its great names, its role, its great times, its influence, and its success – but also an artwork stemmed from it: a look on the Centre and a look of the Centre in a mirror-like movie, at the same time document and creation, information and invention, history and reverie.
pRESS COVERAGE
An extremely personal document (...). All presented in a light tone, far from that of academic "docs" that insist on treating serious subjects with boredom.
Le Figaro
This documentary (...) is a unique piece. (...) Rich in archives and testimonies, this film is, in its form, extremely playful.
Le Monde
A personal journey through the history of this unique architectural object that is the Centre Pompidou today.
Direct Soir
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